The United Societies of Shakers of America published The Shaker Manifesto as their official monthly periodical from 1871 to 1899 -- though it's title changed four times:

The Shaker (1871-1872) Shaker and Shakeress (1873-1875) The Shaker (1876-1877) The Shaker Manifesto (1878-1882) The Manifesto (1883-1899)

Digitized Materials: This digital collection presents the entire run of this periodical: 16 volumes, 349 issues, and 8,136 pages. We display images and transcription of every page of a full run of the journal: 16 volumes, 349 issues, and 8,136 pages. It can be browsed, or searched throughout the full text.

Credits: Digitization of The Shaker Manifesto was funded by grants from the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program through CLRC (Central New York Library Resources Council).

The TEI encoding and metadata descriptions for the collection were created by library staff and Hamilton College students.

Awards: This project was recognized by the Communal Studies Association with their Outstanding Project Award for 2007.